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Extended Families in Rural America
Historical Claims in Popular Discourse
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State Banks, Capitalism, Politics
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (1863)
Domestic Surveillance in History
Principles of the Confederacy (1861)
No Extension of Slavery (1860-61)
Transportation and Migration, Maybe Not Declension
Secession of South Carolina (1860)
Southern "Opponent" of Secession (1860)
Packers Before (and After) Chicago
John Brown Broke the Laws (1859)
Agribusiness Earlier Than You Might Think
Populists, "the Reading Party"
History, Plausibility, Motivation
Impending Crisis of the South (1857)
Greenbacks and Wealth Transfer
Dred Scott Decision Reviewed (1857)
4th of July Address at Reidsville (1854)
Slavery a Positive Good (1854)
Foundation of a New Party (1855)
Is Historical Thinking Unnatural?
What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?
A Plea for the Oppressed (1850)
Building a Substack Community?
On the Underground Railroad (1850)
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (1849)
A Young Officer in the War (1847)
How Annexation Was Secured (1845)
Introducing Lifelong Learners!
More Thoughts on Reproducibility
History Does Not Have a Replication Problem
Historiography and Public History
Cheerful View of Slavery (1841)
On the Coast of California (1835)
All Honest Callings are Honorable (1840)
Speech at Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
Revolution or More of the Same?
Spirit of Republican Government (1835)
Principles of Executive Government (1834)
Life With a Slave-breaker (1833)
Boat, Stage, Railroad, Canal (1833)
Market Transition or Theology?
Appleby on the Market Transition
A Hazy View from Intellectual History
Memorial of the Cherokee Nation (1829)
Against New England Declension
Domestic Manners of the Americans (1828)
Kulikoff on the Market Transition
Objections to Panama Congress (1826)
And Now for Something Completely Different
Monroe Doctrine in Monroe's Words (1817-24)
Perils of State Banking (1818)
Indian Opinion of the White Man (1817)
Clark's Roots of Rural Capitalism
Every Person Their Own Historian
Argument for Improvements (1817)
Magnalia Christi Americana (1702)
New England Secessionist (1811)
Summer Update of my Projects and Plans
Indentured Servant's Letter (1623)
Rhetoric vs. Reality on the 4th
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 46
My New Knowlton Biography Audiobook
Difference Between Red and White (1805)
British Case Against America (1805)
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 45
High School Debate and Closed Comments
Objections to Annexation (1803)
Importance of New Orleans (1802)
Economic Advantages of US (1795)
Political Conditions in America (1795)
Yellow Fever in Philadelphia (1793)
Some Thoughts on Teaching History
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 44
West Will Remain in the Union (1790)
Caleb and Dan Discuss ChatGPT and Education
A Trip Down the Mississippi (1791)
What is illegal, if you're important?
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 43
Against Regression to the Mean
What value do I add to the Substack ecosystem?
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 42
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 41
LYT Discussion of Obsidian Book Club
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 39
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 40
Constitutional Debates on Slavery (1787)
Preparations for the Convention (1787)
How to Found a Settlement (1785-90)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Revolution (1783)
Inconveniences of Militia (1780)
Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier (1777)
Freeing Slaves to Fight (1779)
Difficulty Framing Articles of Confederation (1776)
Abandonment of New York (1776)
A Call for Independence (1776)
Conflicting Reports of Lexington and Concord (1775)
Regulators of Springfield (1774)
Settlement of the Western Country (1772-4)
Natural Rights of Colonists (1772)
North Carolina Regulators (1770)
Wretchedness of White Servants (1770)
Pennsylvania Farmer's Remedy (1768)
Character of the Indians (1767)
Declaration and Remonstrance (1764)
Opposition to Arbitrary Power (1763)
Politics in Pennsylvania (1740-54)
Edwards' Account of Revival (1743)
Evil Deeds of the Spaniards (1740)
Establishing the Colony of Georgia (1733)
A Man Diligent in His Calling (1732)
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 38
The French and the Fur Trade (1724)
French Mississippi Settlements (1718)
Englishmen Hate Arbitrary Government (1710)
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 37
Life of a Southern Planter (1686)
Marquette on the Mississippi (1673)
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 36
Toleration in Rhode Island (1670)
Why the Dutch Surrendered (1665)
New England Opinion of the Dutch (1653)
Patroons in New Netherland (1629)
Founding of New Netherland (1628)
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 35
Defense of Virginia Charter (1623)
Why the Pilgrims Migrated (1620)
Muckraking in Minneapolis (1903)
Starving Time in Virginia (1609-10)
Early Struggles in Virginia (1608)
Value of Colonies to England (1607)
Knowlton Biography, Chapter 34
Drake's Circumnavigation (1580)
First Expedition to Kansas and Nebraska (1540)